Substance use disorder

Question 1

Cocaine

Answer 1

• Stimulent
• Makes you feel: happy, excited, confident
• Effects on body: tachy, HTN, hyperthermia, N+V, paranoid
• Risk: seizures, cardiotoxic, needle sharing risk

Question 2

Cannabis

Answer 2

• Class C Hallucinogen
• Makes you feel: relaxed, sleepy, heightened senses, confusion, anxiety, paranoia
• Effects on the body: increased heart rate, hypotension, light headedness
• Risks: damage to the lung and increase risk of addiction and drug induced psychosis

Question 3

Opiates

Answer 3

• Codiene, morphine, opium
• Used to treat pain but abused due to europhic effects
• They can be mixed with synthetic opioids
• Depressants
• Can be smoked, snorted, injected
• Short term effects: happy, relaxed, euphoric, sleepy, constipating itching, N+V
• Risks: depression, respiratory depression (treated with naloxone)

Question 4

Amphetamines

Answer 4

Street: speed
Stimulant
Makes you feel: happy, energised, alert, anxious, confused
Effects on the body: dilated pupils, tingling sensation, raised body temp, hyperthermia, N+V
Risks: depression, serotonin syndrome, risks of mixing, dehydration

Question 5

Paracetamol overdose

Answer 5

Signs: N+V, RUQ pain, jaundice, altered consciousness level
Tx: activated charcoal (if <8 hours since ingestion) or N-acetylcystiene